Medical Director, Medical Affairs

Alumis Inc. is a precision medicines company with the mission to transform the lives of patients with autoimmune diseases. Even with treatment innovations of the last two decades, many patients with immunologic conditions continue to suffer - our goal is to fundamentally change the outcomes for these patients.

The AD, Medical Affairs role presents a unique opportunity to shape the future of autoimmune treatment by providing medical leadership and strategic insights for our next-generation TYK2 inhibitor, ESK-001. You will play a pivotal role in driving our medical strategy, engaging with top thought leaders, and collaborating cross-functionally to bring innovative solutions to patients with high unmet needs. At Alumis, you’ll thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative, and patient-focused environment, where your expertise will directly contribute to transforming patient outcomes.

Whether it’s partnering with key stakeholders, shaping medical strategy, or representing Alumis at major scientific congresses, your work will make a difference in the field of dermatology and beyond.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with the Clinical Development, Translational Sciences, and Regulatory teams to translate clinical insights and data gaps into medical strategy.

• Responsible for cultivating partnerships with cross-functional partners such as Clinical Development, Translational Science, Discovery, Patient Advocacy, Regulatory, Program Management, and Commercial to provide medical leadership in support of relevant therapeutic and disease area initiatives.

• Responsible for interacting with various investigators, KOLs, research institutions, and internal Alumis departments to oversee and facilitate Medical Affairs objectives and ensure the medical and scientific merit of company activities.

• Support short and long-term goals of Medical Affairs with respect to prioritization of research interests and prioritization of desired collaborations with specific investigators and institutions.

• Ensure alignment of the ESK-001 Medical Affairs activities with launch readiness and program management plans and objectives.

• Provide medical review and approval of external resources, communication, and publications to ensure medical accuracy, objectivity, and fair-balance.

• Assist with planning and execution of advisory boards with healthcare providers (physicians; APPs) to collect needed clinical insights to inform medical strategy.

• Manage and regularly meet with a network of national thought leaders to support the successful execution of Medical Affairs tactics.

• Represent Alumis at various scientific and clinical congress meetings.

• Key responsibilities will require this individual to interact with other departments, including Commercial, Clinical, Safety, Legal, and Regulatory.

Experience:

• This position requires an MD, DO, PhD/Pharm

D or NP/PA with prior industry experience in Dermatology.

• Minimum of 5 years of combined pharmaceutical industry and/or academic/clinical medicine expertise.

• Must thrive working in a fast-paced, innovative environment while remaining flexible, proactive, resourceful and efficient.

• Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to develop important relationships with key stakeholders, good conflict management and negotiation skills, ability to analyze complex issues to develop relevant and realistic plans, programs and recommendations.

• Demonstrated ability to translate strategy into action; excellent analytical skills and an ability to communicate complex issues in a simple way and to orchestrate plans to resolve issues and mitigate risks.

Preferred Experience:

• Prior experience in helping to develop medical strategic and tactical plans in support of drug launch is highly preferred.

• Must possess excellent communication skills, relationship building capabilities, and proven ability to influence decision-making without authority.

• Must be willing and able to travel and regularly meet with HCPs/KOLs across US, Canada, and Europe as necessary.

• Is able to perceive non-obvious opportunities by connecting the dots between existing knowledge, new data, and HCP unmet needs in real time.

• Must be highly…